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in egypt mohamed morsi might be giving in to opposition pressure off the tens of thousands on the presidential palace but remains a distant prospect. i would be highly skeptical of any intelligence rendered by the one hundred forty plus billion dollar us intelligence community as to weapons of mass destruction in the possession of another country period the u.s. and britain are increasingly building up a case against syria claiming it's preparing to use chemical weapons we look at whether the iraq lesson has been learned. meanwhile the u.k. is seeking to change the. help for the rebels is the aid could fall into the hands of radical islamists. a tragic turn in the coverage of the u.k.
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pregnancy with the suspected suicide of the focus of a media frenzy which some say has gone too far. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from moscow the egyptian opposition's growing pressure on president morsi is starting to yield results following days of protests culminating in friday's massive march on the presidential palace signs have appeared that the islamist leader might give in to one of the key demands the controversial referendum on an islamic led constitution could be delayed but that still would not guarantee a resolution to the standoff as karo based reporter true explains. the president may see the referendum for spawn's here in egypt provided the opposition forces open dialogue with the president without preconditions which people see on the
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streets as meaning without the rest their demands here the presidential palace doesn't say spontaneous it's an overnight in protest of this controversial decrees that president morsi released two weeks ago which they see as a power grab and of course the constitution which is going to return the next week stacey's dismissed as it was written by an islamist dominated constitutional assembly overnight scenes here were tense as a muslim brotherhoods gathered in nearby mosques to the presidential palace and there were rumors that they would march on the city and however that never happens the scenes were very calm after we witnessed extraordinary scene yesterday when hundreds of thousands of protesters just outside the presidential palace in front of republican guard barricades storms the republican guards who essentially stepped aside and let the flood of protesters through to the gates of the presidential palace so they could continue their protest right in front of the gates shouting leave morsi leave and against the constitution very emotional scenes here on the
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streets meanwhile the opposition forces in the national salvation front have said they will not budge they have a list of key demands which includes a referendum being stopped and also because this contentious between being revoked they said they will not speak to the president and until he listens to the demands of the moment the president is sticking by his guns to really we're still seeing a deadlock here in egypt meanwhile the egyptian army is back in the picture in its first statement since the protests erupted the military want disastrous consequences if the crisis is not resolved and vowed not to let that happen but some analysts fear the army is closer involvement would mean the country plunging deeper into political chaos. at this point he should have known that gathering the trust and good will of the egyptian people is more important than any specific action he wants to accomplish so things are really very dangerous in egypt now and
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and i hope the violence will not follow these kind of confrontations in front of the presidential palace my fear is are that the military may step in and a clear clear the deck for themselves i don't think it's dangerous in terms of morsi using the tremendous power to crush and kill thousands and thousands of egyptians i don't think he will go that route so my fear is only from the military and military have a history of doing those things in egypt or elsewhere. public outrage is also spilling onto the streets of q wait. for what was once thought to be one of the more stable gulf monarchies which now seems to be swept up by the next chapter of the arab spring. still to come first british police are still giving new details about the death of a nurse who was fooled by a prank telephone call about the pregnant duchess of cambridge. more speculation over the already headline grabbing story of britain's royal baby which has now
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taken a tragic twist as all the party boy to report some suggest in the frenzy had already reached a feverish level of media coverage all this taking place against a backdrop of intense media speculation a real media savvy of the whole past week is that kate middleton and prince we've seen discussions about whether or not they could be having twins if kate has twins which of the babies potential babies would be the one sixteen to the throne if it was if they were delivered by c. section it would be the position potentially decided it is the successor to the british born again we've seen both make the state the best on what this baby might be called predictions that this will already be the most popular name in britain the state is the name is announced all this when we've got real news taking place in syria a political crisis in egypt and the press much more interested in kate middleton's acute morning sickness i'm joined by cost curve in the studio here with me he's
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a journalist he's been following the story cost a tragic wake up call to the british media. certainly should be. a very very tragic case the circumstances under which are still under investigation by the police but the real issue is of course the media which blew this up out of proportion i believe the daily mail we're still going to take a story broke the daily mail devoted for its first four to thirteen pages of newspaper one of the most read newspapers in the country the royal baby. they've just had the leveson inquiry a damning report about the state of the british media and now this you know it is this criticism for the british media in the way it's following these stories is while there is other news taking place into internationally well again it should be but it isn't because the media is trying to deflect attention away and is calling for the hanging of the two. deejays the media is not questioning the money coverage
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they are devoting to your family and what consequences that this may have a new video individual's life if we had a meeting which was more reasonable this would have happened if the suicide is actually proven to be related to you to what happened they have it now the juke and duchess of cambridge have said that deeply saddened by the news of the tragic news of this the death of the royal not so what should have been a joy for the pregnancy announcement has been you know some say because a disproportionate media coverage turned into a very tragic news story. just remind you you can always check on his twitter feed for more news stories in london bureau has been following the protests in the city against starbucks angry activists threaten to shut down the company shops over the negligible corporation tax is paid in britain despite huge revenues more videos and pictures from the day of action on twitter page.
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britain has joined the u.s. in claims they have intelligence suggesting syria might be preparing to use chemical weapons western countries have said the use of such weapons would trigger a foreign military intervention the situation is increasingly drawing parallels with the run up to the invasion of iraq ten years ago the spoken to former us think prominent chief of staff lawrence wilkinson who was behind the report laying out the case for the iraq war and i asked him what he thinks is next for syria and help justifiable defeat is all about its chemical arsenal. i would be highly skeptical of any and all engines rendered by the one hundred forty plus billion dollar us intelligence community as to weapons of mass destruction in the possession of another country period i'm not violating any great confidence or any great. nation
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in the intelligence community to tell you that we've known for years years that syria has chemical weapons stockpiles just as iraq had chemical weapons stockpiles for a while but the fact that president assad would be moving them around and preparing them for use against his own citizens with his own territory i frankly find for posterous i think that if we were to intervene in a substantial way that is to say we were to put troops on the ground. marine soldiers and so forth and we were to do in syria what we began to do in march of two thousand and three in iraq it would be even worse than iraq i think also that it would be again a back door as a war into iran which is the as you well know the real threat that we've been putting out there for years now so i think you're looking at a combination here not just syria i think ultimately the target is iran. and
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further efforts against president assad britain is looking to press its european partners to view the arms embargo on syria lebanon says it wants to help rebel groups more greater aid and shipments of military gear but not the sort of explains the european military aid could end up in the wrong hands. the k. foreign office is concerned that this week britain is going to be thinking an amendment to the arms embargo on syria making it easier to help the opponents the syrian presence. now foreign office official has said that the practical support is likely to include training and non-lethal equipment britta want to play a role in syria after the regime falls because. they would like to be involved. so therefore. wants to back the winning side. there will provide increasingly more weapons but the trouble is they can't identify the eventual winners. which side with lucia's you support. and
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what will be the interests of that militia. when they take part because the danger is that is new. leader of the opposition is least twenty. therefore if but you leave. them sooner than. apart. these two entities in fact fight one another but at the end of the day it's going to be the syrians who are going to. confront you know just now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles a cool sub in that. say the amendment would allow items like that to be supplied of course throughout the conflict in syria we've seen an increasingly fragmented opposition say there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry kidwell end up in the wrong hands
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none the less it will be pushing ahead this week thinking that i'm in. love here moscow still had the tens of thousands of palestinians welcome. in x. out of hamas is in gaza and called on his supporters to keep up the resistance we ask what this means for the region and the. russian city of sochi is gearing up to host the next winter olympics with preparations now in full swing all that is on the way after the break. a forty nine year old southern california man was brought in president charles with possessing materials to make an explosive device all because of his rather unusual wristwatch despite the bomb squad saying that his watch was not a weapon here rated custody for twenty four hours and was charged with the crime
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anyways a spokesman for the meter county sheriff's department said that the man's watch had all the components to make an improvised explosive device minus the explosive material you know having a lighter in your pocket is also everything you need to self exposure minus the gun powder but before we. make a victim out of this watch where i have to point out one thing the watch was wearing was designed to look like some sort of bomb with fuses and wires and switches so who's more idiotic someone who wears a device that looks like a bomb on an airplane or a government who can fix someone for having the components of a bomb without that bit of the bomb that makes a blow up i'd say both are pretty dumb but that's just my opinion.
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crowds are running in kuwait's capital against the parliament elected last week and a disputed two electoral law professors say the amendment change voting rules to favor a pro-government candidates is now seen photos taken by our correspondent. one of the oldest gulf has been shaken by a series of political crises it is a crackdown on protestors and the opposition is political news developments largely unnoticed in the western world but all of this is energizing the resistance even more as explains. and you don't rise is over kuwait tensions are simmering beneath the calm as those seeking political change are forced to wait another day. trying to one sleepy community into a powerful nation although it's been ruled by the same family for more than two centuries kuwait is widely seen as the most imma cry tick of the gulf monarchies get some young kuwaitis beg to differ there is a few countries that can sing and sing. but.
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it's just. the government says that it is doing all it can to maintain stability supporters of the ruling family point out that it boasts a robust public life with electoral traditions and a vibrant parliament for youth activists. that's not enough the opposition consists of an unlikely alliance of youth groups hard line islamists and local tribes who are ramping up their calls for reform increasingly they've taken their message to the street for peaceful demonstrations have been met with an iron fist and we were beaten up by. the special forces. and after the march. on the streets just being the thing that. critics of kuwait's government claim it turns a blind eye to allegations of widespread corruption and the use of security forces to crush dissenting voices ask for the rule of law so we don't have a law we have a law that is whenever the government feels like using the riffs here began years
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before the arab spring protests but have intensified over a series of political crises the opposition dominated parliament was dismissed earlier this year following a row with the ruling establishment the electoral law was then changed prompting many to boycott kuwait's most recent parliamentary vote the resulting divide is unlikely to be bridged anytime soon and it leaves the monarchy with an energized opposition eager to make itself heard. was. bringing these three more current me. down what people are trying to pick up there are people in the couple something they want more freedom more. rights activists when showing that the law isn't enough. for you to say in the future now that future plays out well write the next chapter of the arab
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spring. r.t. kuwait. in gaza more than one hundred thousand people have joined celebrations marking the twenty fifth anniversary off unless the crowds were addressed by the exiled leader of the islamist group khaled mashal who's on his first visit to the strip for decades he reiterated the mission of liberating palestine and defying israel and urged arab countries to support the resistance and his speech he also stressed the importance of reconciliation with hamas his rival party fatah whose representatives were invited to the event a celebration included a minute treat dimension with a massive model of a medium range rocket a centerpiece of the event political analysts show me no one told r.t. about its significance. i think the rockets are sign of two things one that all options are back on the table that the military option per propel seems to resist militarily is now a possibility again the second reason the rocket counts is i think it's
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a sign that deterrence has been reestablished of course it makes the israelis nervous they don't like to be sitting there and and they don't like to be told that they are the defeated party this is you know fairly unprecedented except for of course hezbollah's defeat of israel in two thousand and six they'll be dying to prove themselves but for once they can't because every day that the conflict went on and of amber it made in iran and palestinian islamic jihad and hizbollah look better and. the that tyreese the u.s. u.k. and france look worse because you know these are people who are time but arming the resistance in syria and pushing forward but not willing of course to arm the resistance in gaza so israel has had to sit tight or risk a lot more potentially. some other world news now egypt has arrested a suspect accused of involvement in killing the u.s.
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ambassador to libya in september egyptian intelligence sources say the man is believed to be a member of a militant group the suspect has also been accused of transporting weapons from libya to egypt. former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has announced he's to run for office in next year's parliamentary elections the flamboyant seventy six year old tycoon says he wants to lead the debt ridden country out of the financial crisis he stepped down in disgrace last year were literally on the brink of financial disaster and has since been convicted of tax fraud. two thousand pro british protesters have rallied outside belfast city hall in northern ireland over their local councils vote to remove the u.k. flag from the building police officer has been injured in the clashes follows trouble when the vote was first announced last monday and also on friday when eight police officers were injured and at least thirteen people after riots politicians have appealed for the protests to stop. this weekend the
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world's best figure skaters are testing the olympic ice in russia's resort city of sochi the countdown is in full swing with just over a year left until the winter games. over reports now from the next olympic city. there is just over a year until the actual winter olympics get underway but still if this task competitions give us a chance that the construction is almost over and that the city will soon transform into the world capital of the winter games this weekend is all about pushing the new venue through their paces of course all eyes are right now at this iceberg a rina ice rink which is right behind my back it's a new twelve thousand rink which is part of a cluster of ice sports venues which has been or are still being built along the black sea coast now it's brand new sparking doors have just been opened for numerous competitors from around the globe and it seems no matter how they would actually do at the event they will sure go back home pleased with all this new
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facilities now an offer this weekend is all about testing the new venue yes however it also provides an exciting taste of what's still to come well be back in about thirty five minutes from now with more news for in the meantime i mean martin she'll be here shortly looking for a look at the scene shortly having a look at the surveillance state and the shot of it calls on the lives of people in the u.s. on a daily basis breaking the search that's coming your way here on our t.v. after this break stay with us. a mission free cretaceous free in-store charge free. richmond free. three stooges free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects for free video dog
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worst year for delivering the flight out sort of a. radio guy in fort lauderdale minutes from a critic that i want to watch closely or about to do just you've never seen anything like this i'm told. that's going on guys i'm having a marvelous break in the sets i've got a lot to talk about today but first let me bring your attention to this story speaking to n.b.c. news afghanistan president hamid karzai said that the u.s. is in part to blame for afghanistan's instability trotted out. its. form of number of years ago. girlie perception the kind of stuff. that is significant part of it you could just of in afghanistan it's called sed
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by the way we. do know that states and some of its allies. promoted to. get started by spreading corruption in afghanistan by. employing private security firms who became involved or all in. so having private mercenaries running around under cloak of impunity has people in afghanistan pissed off can't say i'm not shocked at that but that's not all because when the reporter probed even further cars i had this to say. very strong perception to some of that in school to use the term stimulus wow president karzai himself is saying that afghans believe their insecurity is intentionally brought on by nato and the u.s. and you know what makes sense especially when i think of incidents such as the marines were found you're needed on the corpses of taliban fighters or the soldier who went off on a murderous killing spree one night seventeen innocent civilians or even just the
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presence of the american military in a country that does not want to be occupied a country where ninety percent polled doesn't even know what nine eleven is and americans wonder why this country hasn't won the hearts and minds of afghans but you know if karzai is right then all of this begs a very important question why would the u.s. intentionally be creating insecurity and instability in afghanistan unless the war is meant to be sustained not one so let's go break the set. up. for ever seen anything like.

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